Earpiece.



Nb. 824,773. PATENTED JULY 3. 1906; E. L. AIKEN.

EARPIEGE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD L. AIKEN, OF EA5T ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEW JERSEY PATENT COMPANY. OF WEST ORANGE. NEW JERSEY, A COR- PORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

EARPlEOE.

No. see-awe.

Specification of Lehhere Patent.

Patented Jei s, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

he it known that I EDWARD L. Am. a 0mm of the United em, resi e em 01: e, in the county of Essex an fitate of New ersey, have invented certain new and usefui Irnyrovernents in Earpieoes, of which the folio is a. description.

'My rnven 'on relates to an improved type of 881131888 adapted more espeoreil for use wiizh phonographs and other talhingl-maohmes, but whroh is obviously cape e of %:2? 11 h 21 t be ere ore one a size u s have been pro ided it dl eorpie h i sha ed to enter the ears, and thereby sup ort thi hstening-tubegbut thisisobjeetiona. 1e tornany persons who find it uncomfortable to so port tubes 111 this mannerend to others w 0 object to introducing foreign substances into the It has aieo been proposed to use cup-shaped earpieoes and sigport the some means of a. clamp appli to the head.

method is also objectionable, because the dam}; is usually heavy and also because the hair 18 sometimes arranged so that the clamp oennot be readily applied, and, furthermore, heads v so much in size that one clam will not fit e11 heads unless made odjustab e, which makes the some a. oomphsated structure. In order to remedy these diifieuities, I provide a cup-shaped earpiece 'hevingem ortwhiehisadtgtedtoresfion the ear, an ereby support eeerpieee and listening-tube.

Eeferenee is herebgizrlade to the aooompetion. Fig.2is

m s e 1 is a side view of a. bifuroeeed lishoning-tube which is provided with lace eonstruoted in aeeordonee wlth mg lhvenigloo. of an eel-piece show invention. 3 1s a 2. 4 is a detail -w1re of Figs. 2

a modification $7 .seofion onlineS 3 Fig view showing the sufipe and-3 before it is app ed to e earpzeoe.

The earpieee 1 1s prederqhly a. osreulor shallow hard-rubber cup similar m shape to those oommonly need with the ear-tubes e e of phon phs. Secured to the earpiece 1s n. wire4, ttofitoverthe earmamnnner earpiece can be worn y any somewhat similar to the arm of a. air of 'speeteeles. This wire may he secure to the earpiece in any suitable manner-as, for instance the wire may terminate in an eye or loo through whieh is passed a. small screw 2 a head of whioh is clamped down upon t e loop by means or a. not 3, applied to the thread of the serew, as shown m Fig. 1. I prefer, however, to use a wire 4 of the shape shown in Fig. 4 and pass the end 5 through a hole bored in the boss 6 of the eorglileee 1 and the hard-rubber tube 7 to which e flexible tube is applied, ighus pinning the arts 6 and 7 together. The boss 6 is provlded with a. groove 8 Fig. 3', end the loop 5) of the wire 4" es in smdgoove bein sprung thereon and held I: reason 0 its Eloise The wire asses row the groove 8 throng an aperture in the on 1 and is then curved to form the support w ch is adapted to rest upon the ear. 3 thus forming the wire 4' it W11 he meti imgossible for the same to work oose, an it forms the means for holding the parts 6 end 7 firmly together. The earpiece thusformed is so 1' ht that the w hi; can easily be supported y the ear wi out. any discomfort. The earpleee 1 wiil be held in eloee roximity to the orriice of the ear, so that e listener can readily hear the sounds eonve ed by the tube 2. The 12 without any adjustment whatever. 1. con be applied or removed quiekl and readily.

Having now desorib my inventeon, what I eleim 'as new, and desire to seem'e by Let.- ters Patent, is

1. As a. new article of manufacture, an earg gfe comprising a. any or having a con-- agerture, a. who in said aperture and a. wire tube to seed sup and curved to fit over ear; substerusielh as set forth. 2. is a new: mole of meggkiafiiure, an earieee com 11 a. cup or mg a eonml aperfgref f lhe in the said aperture, end a wire pinning said tube to and cup, e ng thence through and and eurv to fit over the ear, euhshantl y as set forth.

3. As a new: article of manufacture an eerpieee comprising a cup or disk provided with a grooved boss, an aperture through said grooved boss and curved to fit over the ear, boss, a tube entering said aperture and a, substentielly as set forth. 10

wire sprung about sei grooved boss, essing This specification signed and witnessed thence through said cu and curve to fit this 10th day of June, 1905. e 5 over the ear, substantial y as set forth. EDWARD L. AIKEN.

4. As a new article of manufacture, an eer- Witnesses piece com rising a cup or disk provided with DELOS HOLDEN, a groove boss, a wire sprung about said FRANK L. DYER. 

